It occurs to me that there isn't any particular reason why we should have the date on the home page. Some people enjoy updating it, though, so it may do no harm. :-)
As for the American bias, well, none is intended of course. I personally live in USPST, that's how it happened in the first place. :-) The server time needs to be on USPST for my sanity, however the recent changes page could default to UTC/GMT I suppose.
--- ********************************************************************* *"The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its* * own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but * * there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be * * pursuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can * * certainly be corrected by good men with rifles." -Jeff Cooper * ********************************************************************